Five and a half stars! Because of the pretty colors! the only one I was worried about, was Ron Perlman and his "goddamn shoe"

Rating: 5/10 (5 October 2013)

You got me! I am guilty! I was born 11 years after Godzilla, and among the first things I remember was Ultraman, Ultraseven and other ultras, and Mothra, and King Ghidorah and if you don't know what I am talking about, it is going to be easy for you to enjoy Guillermo Del Toro's mix of transformers-voltron meet the "kaiju", and let's leave to the side the political issue about the "kaiju" being the bad children of nuclear energy, (ask the Japanese).
Pacific Rim DID NOT work for me, because one of the main reasons in the making of a movie must be "caring for the characters" and the only one I was worried about was Ron Perlman and his "goddamn shoe". The only thing that Charlie Hunnam is capable in this movie is to leave the bike and leather at home for a shiny armor, because the attitude and acting is the same he portrays in "Sons of Anarchy", "Lucky" for him he will be "Christian Grey", in a movie that I won't watch unless I am paid 40.00 dollars for two hours of my life. In the other hand it's a shame that the talent of Idris Elba is wasted doing an impression of Bill Pullman's speech from Independence Day. Every other character is like the rest of the extras, even though an attempt of character development is made, it fails badly, because is already too late on the movie! As born Mexican, I am proud of Guillermo Del Toro accomplishments, and I cheer for him, but for this movie he has become "Mr. Hollywood", a suggestion to Memo, why don't you try "El Santo" (Samson for the ones who doesn't know better), maybe you (Del Toro) , will get your feet back on the ground. Pacific Rim looks and feels like G.I. Joe, overcrowded with special effects, and lack of a real human element. Still, after watching the abomination of "The Lone Ranger", I have no more choice but recommending Pacific Rim, because is entertaining, and the "pretty colors" and explosions will get you an OK time for your money. I just hope that Gareth Edwards (Monsters) provide us (as he did) with likable characters for Godzilla (2014) and hopefully one day I will get to see Gaiking (201) and have the fun I did not have watching Pacific Rim.